College student's idea grows into electronics thrift store with a purpose

College student's idea grows into electronics thrift store with a purpose: Angela Haas was a senior at St. Louis University when she got the idea to refurbish and resell old computers to other students.

Now, a dozen years later, she's president of a nonprofit that last year recycled 7.5 million pounds of electronics and helped 5,500 families get computers free or for drastically reduced prices.

Who Rules Social Media? A Look At Social Media Impact By Nonprofit Issues

Who Rules Social Media? A Look At Social Media Impact By Nonprofit Issues

One fundraising database breaks down silos and benefits every department : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success

One fundraising database breaks down silos and benefits every department : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: The natural conclusion then is that one database for the whole organization — that crucially meets the specific needs of each department — is the best way to go. And in the case of the fundraisers that responded to the recent Lehman surveyOpens in a new window of fundraising databases, that’s where most people are. The report shows that 71 percent of respondents stated that they used an organizationwide database, which is interesting because almost 80 percent said that they thought a dedicated, fundraising-specific database software would have greater capabilities.

Nonprofit Communications and the Tablet Revolution

Nonprofit Communications and the Tablet Revolution: What startled me is that I recently received an email from Direct Relief International, that required me to click a link (frankly, a lot of people won't do this) which then opened the newsletter in my iPad browser. I found that the newsletter was published in a magazine format. Here is that link. Try it on your tablet and then on your computer. There are problems either way, but different ones.

Magazine and newspaper apps for tablets vary widely in their usability and navigational tools. Sometimes you swipe horizontally to turn the pages and sometimes you swipe vertically. In some apps, there are tiny section icons that you have to use to move around.